Taken by His Warrior by Marie Medina

Author:Marie Medina [Medina, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Three Days Later

Lorelei kept up a rapid stream of chatter, and that was fine because it gave Vadik time to try to figure out how he’d wound up entrapped by her yet again. Dozens of people were staying in the palace, and he couldn’t understand why she kept seeking him out every day. They were walking along a tree-lined path to the east of the palace, and she’d latched onto his arm about ten minutes ago. The moments before that blurred as he tried to sort it out.

Just one more day. The reception tonight, the ball tomorrow, and then we can be done with all of this.

“Oh dear, I’m quite glad you’re here to protect me!” Lorelei said, gripping his arm tighter.

“What?” he said, unable to tell if she was being serious as he glanced around the serene landscape.

She nodded down the path. “Something lethal-looking is striding our way.”

Vadik glanced up and saw the person Lorelei referred to. An extremely pale woman with ears more sharply pointed, and more abundantly pierced, than most of Asmund’s subjects walked toward them with purpose. She had blue swirling tattoos on her neck and thick, wild blonde hair with many intricate braids among the flowing locks. She wore black leather, which was accented with elaborately patterned silver studs, and her corset-style bodice had her breasts pushed up dramatically. She also carried a long sword that looked as if she’d taken it from a Viking exhibit in a museum.

“Oh, by all the gods, she’s a Fen! I see the wolf tattooed on her breast,” Lorelei whispered.

Vadik had been trying not to look at her breasts, though it had proven challenging. But now he could see that the blue ink there did depict a fierce-looking wolf head.

The woman stopped about five feet away and bowed to them. “I’m Tasia. A letter was sent to announce my arrival. You’re Vadik?”

“I am,” Vadik said.

She gave a curt nod before eyeing Lorelei. “If you would excuse us, my lady, I must speak with my kinsman about a pressing matter.”

Lorelei dropped his arm and was already inching away, apparently glad to have a reason to leave. “Oh, of course!” She turned wide eyes to Vadik and gently touched his shoulders but said nothing. She turned away quickly, lifting her skirts as she rushed along the path.

“Kinsman, you say?” Vadik said when he looked back to Tasia. “I wouldn’t know since none of your people have taken much of an interest until now.”

“You were of no consequence until now,” she said, as if no other explanation was needed. She eyed him up and down. “But you certainly are of Fen descent. You don’t seem to have any elven features, but that’s no matter because there does seem to be magical potential in you based on your vibrations. You have a noble carriage and a very fine body.”

“Is my body really what you wish to speak about?” Since she was so bold and blunt, he studied her in return. She was beautiful, but her features lacked personality, her eyes dull and almost lifeless.

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